Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join a healthcare organization in New Jersey in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This onsite role supports a high-volume payroll function for a large hourly workforce and is ideal for someone who is accurate, organized, and confident working with detailed payroll data. The position will play an important part in ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time while partnering closely with internal payroll leadership.

Responsibilities:
• Manage end-to-end biweekly payroll processing for approximately 500 hourly employees, ensuring timely and accurate pay distribution.
• Review timekeeping records, validate hours worked, and resolve discrepancies before each payroll cycle is finalized.
• Maintain payroll data in applicable systems and update employee records as needed to support accurate processing.
• Use advanced Excel functions, including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables, to reconcile payroll information and prepare reporting.
• Partner with payroll and administrative team members to address employee pay questions and investigate payroll-related issues.
• Ensure payroll activities align with applicable New Jersey wage and hour requirements and internal controls.
• Support payroll operations within current timekeeping and payroll platforms, including exposure to payroll systems when applicable.• Proven experience handling full-cycle payroll in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to process payroll for a workforce of 500 or more employees.
• Strong working knowledge of payroll practices for hourly employee populations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including hands-on use of VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
• Experience with payroll systems such as ADP Workforce Now or comparable platforms.
• Familiarity with multi-state payroll is preferred, with direct New Jersey payroll experience strongly valued.
• Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, and accuracy in payroll administration.